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The Captain officially opened the HMS Queen Elizabeth coffee shop: "the Haven". ☕
For those that want to relax after the last watch or perk themselves up for the next!
Thanks to the NAAFI staff who have helped to facilitate this.
@Naafi1920
@NaafiNcs
#coffeetime
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We are allies working together with a common cause - how many examples can you spot? 🔍
#StrongerTogether
@VAdmBenKey
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Away from land but back to landings! 🛬🌊
With new faces joining ship in Guam 🇬🇺, a return to sea and regular flying saw some 1st deck landings for the new pilots joining 617 Squadron 🥇
2 from @RoyalAirForce ✈
2 from @RoyalNavy ⚓
BZ to all! 🇬🇧 👏
@OC617Sqn #CSG21
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After 115 day’s, 21,186 miles & with pleasant weather forecast; we plan to come home to @HMNBPortsmouth tomorrow.
Cannot wait to pass the round tower as one of the most capable Warships in the World and get back to our loved ones for #Christmas
See you there 👋🏻🇬🇧
#R08isback⚓️
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A busy day on the Flight Deck @HMSQNLZ cross-decking with @USSEssex_LHD2 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Helicopters, jets, a cross between the two🛩 🚁⚡️AND Flight Deck teams in action!
Footage captured today by talented RN Photographers 📸 deployed on #CSG21
@US5thFleet
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. @HMSQNLZ with RFA Tidespring nearly 5 years ago, and then again yesterday.
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Future Job Vacancy:
Captain HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH.
With a projected life span of 50 years, our last Captain may not even be born yet.
The opportunity exists, how much do you want it?
Check out: royalnavy.mod.uk/careers
#DreamHardWorkHarder #WednesdayMotivation
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Procedure Alpha training for tomorrow's entrance to #Portsmouth - It dates back to a time when proving no men were below to fire a cannon.
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21 days at sea:
6 fast jet pilots qualified✅
@OC207Sqn instructors qualified✅
3 Merlin pilots qualified✅
824NAS inducted✅
Hosted SofS @BWallaceMP and Chief of the Defence Staff✅
Prepared for @FOST✅
Survived #StormCiara🌊
First night entry to cap it 🌙
®️0️⃣8️⃣ 💪🏻🇬🇧⚓
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Spectacular photos of @HMSQNLZ alongside in Liverpool 😍
Thank you @stratusimagery for capturing our time in this brilliant city 📸
@LpoolCityRegion @CruiseLpool @RoyalLiverVenue @RoyalNavy
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Flying continues with our jets operating out in the open ocean. 🌊✈️
A passing monsoon has thrown big winds and big waves at the Strike Group but we sail on, headed east. 🌅⚓ #CSG21 #F35Friday @USMC @RoyalNavy
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🇬🇧 🇮🇳 🇺🇸
Some more photos from our exercise with the Indian Navy. 📷
Here you can see INS Satpura, INS Ranvir and INS Jyoti on our starboard side 🟢
(Other ships from #CSG21 were on our port side 🔴)
@UKinIndia @UKDefenceIndia
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In a Sea State 6 with winds gusting to 50 knots we continue to develop @thef35 to life at Sea.
Our Rotary Wing are also showing their metal on Search & Rescue duties. With a pitching, rolling deck; they certainly are earning their flying pay today!
#roughers #FlyNavy #F35ondeck
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Possibly the most photographed man on our deck - Flight Deck Officer (FDO), Lt Cdr Richie Turrell busts more moves launching a @USMC F-35. If you want to ask Richie a deck-related question, please post below. He will answer as many as he can over the coming few days #WESTLANT19
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This weekend brings the last opportunity for most of our Ships Coy to see their loved ones before we deploy. It’s a heart wrenching moment to say goodbye however making them, and 🇬🇧 proud is what we must do. Keep the home fires burning 🔥#Westlant18 #F35ondeck
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Battle of the bands! 🎵🎷🎹
Thanks to the @US7thFleet band, we've just seen the photos of them playing us in. Did you play the #TopGun theme? We should team up! 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇬🇧
#CSG21 @CNFJ @US7thFlt @TopGunMovie_jp @TopGunMovie twitter.com/CNFJ/status/14…
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69 years as our Monarch, the last 7 as our Lady Sponsor; long to reign over us,
God Save The Queen 🇬🇧
@RoyalFamily
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Your bulbous bow is red ♥
Your flight deck lights look blue 💙
Though you may be Ship 2 ⚓
That means...
There's only one better than you 😉
#HappyValentinesDay2021 @HMSPWLS
📷 @stratusimagery
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A year of sunsets and sunrises at sea. As the sun sets on 2017, a dawn of a new era of @RoyalNavy carrier aviation begins in 2018. Happy New Year to all of our followers across the world. #HappyNewYear2018
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A perfect sunset at the end of another productive day on sea trials #QNLZatSea
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We suddenly have a lot of people wearing these roaming the decks (mostly looking a bit lost....) what could this possibly mean??? #WESTLANT19 #UKF35 #bigdecksfastjets @OC617Sqn @RAF_Marham @17SqnRAF
⚡️ is forecast.......
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365 days ago we left Rosyth, since then:
We came home✔️
Raised the White Ensign✔️
Went Overseas✔️
Sailed 16,000 nautical miles✔️
Operated Chinook & Merlin✔️
Conducted a RAS✔️
Cooked 394,200🥚’s 😳
Next?
🇬🇧 #Westlant18 🇺🇸
🇬🇧 #f35ondeck 🇺🇸
The @RoyalNavy's flagship and first Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. ⚓️🇬🇧